Ken Waltzer retirement and Executive Director search announcements; upcoming events; overview of Michigan State University’s “Israel at 70” conference; developments at the University of Michigan; writings by AEN leaders and members.

Announcing AEN’s Senior Associate for Membership and Diversity hire; descriptions of recent microgrant events at Northern Michigan University, California State University-Long Beach, Ball State University, and the University of Southern California; an interview with Jeffrey R. Brown, Dean of the Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois at Urbana­-Champaign; updates on campus BDS campaigns; and member writings.

Overview of recent AEN talks at the American Society of the University of Haifa and the 2018 AIPAC Policy Conference; information about upcoming microgrant and speakers’ bureau events; analyses of recent BDS campaigns at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and the University of Minnesota; and interview with Kalamazoo College professor Amy Elman about her Fulbright research in Israel; and member writings.

Detailed description of AEN’s symposium on free speech in Chicago; descriptions of past and upcoming microgrant events; updates on BDS campaigns at Ohio State University, Northeastern University, and the University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign; interview with Arielle Mokhtarzadeh; and member writings.

Includes descriptions of AEN’s short course in Atlanta and symposium on free speech in Chicago; descriptions of upcoming microgrant events; updates on BDS campaigns at Ohio State University, the University of South Florida, UC Riverside, the Modern Language Association, and the Middle East Studies Association; and member writings.

Information on upcoming AEN events in Atlanta and Chicago; microgrant events; updates on events at the University of Michigan, the New School, the American Studies Association, UC Berkeley, and Rutgers; and member writings.